Chapter 390: The Great Rescue of Bloody Saipan (1)
The Allied landing fleet, which had not yet broken through the wind, appeared on the sea. The white dragon, Xiao Yihang drank a few bottles of beer and let out a long breath. Finally, he felt like he was pushing away the dark clouds and seeing the sun. What made him feel at ease was that Liang Chao was still alive. Although the bison-style seaplane brought the radio station, the communication still could not be restored. Song Yuhang deliberately concluded that there must be a pound of tiny on Saipan Island, which was as huge as the Longling of Myanmar, which was working. Due to the heroic fighting of the landing troops of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the Japanese interfering station was forced to be exposed in advance.
When Song Yuhang witnessed the New Enterprise, which was still emitting black smoke and had a big hole on the deck, he realized the tragic tragedy of the so-called Mariana Battle. Two or three carrier-based aircraft on the deck showed that the losses of the US military were not light. Song Yuhang did not ask about the losses of the US fleet of Turner, nor did he ask about the losses of the Japanese army. The war report was of little significance to him. In other words, Song Yuhang only cared about what he could, and within his power, he still had some understanding of how much he was worried or not pleased him. However, from the fact that Song Yuhang could change from a fire support ship of up to 37 to twenty-one, he could see that the losses of the US warships would be equal to that of the Japanese army.
When the US military aircraft group, which was mainly fierce, once again attacked Saipan, Song Yuhang was ready to fight, including two marine divisions, and they wanted to prove to the Ministry of Defense that they were not worse than the Chinese. Of course, the Chinese Expeditionary Force was responsible for all the landing operations. They welcomed them with both hands. Moreover, the US military recently reported that it may carry out a series of landing operations in Italy, compared with the Japanese in Saipan. The beautiful Sicily, the weak Italian soldiers, and the capture of a large number of Italian beauties, is a paradise for marines.
However, the US bombing of Saipan was hindered. The returned reconnaissance plane reported that the Japanese army placed a large number of prisoners of the 27th Infantry Division around important targets. If bombing was carried out, these US prisoners of war would be the first to be killed.
More than 3,000 American soldiers! Turner and Spruins dared not give this order, and even Nimitz, who had always been decisive, had to tell General Marshall.
After Marshall reported to the president, Roosevelt said that there will be sacrifices in war, but the proportion of sacrifice must be within the scope we can accept. The US government will never compromise with any enemy. Even if it pays more blood, it will completely eliminate the evil forces. The United States estimates that America.
Marshall hated Roosevelt's ambiguous words so much that he felt sore. He was a soldier and the most unacceptable thing was this ambiguous command. When Roosevelt understood that he could ignore these prisoners of war when necessary, but he had to act and rescue some of them. If Saipan wants to fight, prisoners of war must be rescued, it depends on God's will.
What made Marshall most depressed was the 27th Infantry Division of the US Army, this damn unlucky army, the damn Smith, why couldn't he insist on resisting like the Chinese? The two supplementary regiments had already set off on the road on the day the 27th Infantry Division surrendered, and the US Army could not sit idly by and watch the number of the 27th Infantry Division disappear.
What to do? What to do? Almost all Americans are asking this small question! The US military's combat staff were suffering all afternoon because they could not come up with an effective solution. The last Jinweis's staff suggested using commandos for rescue. Once successful, the Japanese army would definitely transfer the prisoners and then take this opportunity to launch a bombing and launch an attack.
Jinweis' plan was completely a complete plan, and was forced out. After most of the plan was made, Nimitz found out that he did not have a suitable commando team to carry out the rescue mission after being reviewed by General Marshall.
In the end, Turner thought of Song Yuhang, and he suggested to Nimitz that there might be some suitable troops in Song Yuhang to carry out this mission.
Nimitz, Turner, Spruenz and others found Song Yuhang who was deploying beach support with great hope. Song Yuhang, who was born as a special forces in his previous life, faced Turner's so-called Jinweisjigo x Xiaoss s. They proposed more than 20 questions in five aspects, such as login method, penetration mode, rescue support, communication, and retreat plan. Each problem accurately hit the weakness of Jinweis' plan.
Finally, Song Yuhang threw Jin Weiss into the sea and said, "I can't let my people take risks because of a surprise plan formulated by elementary school students."
Turner and others looked very embarrassed, but Nimitz was very happy. He waved his hand and smiled, "We all listen to you. You can directly mobilize whatever you need. Turner and Spruins will cooperate with you with all your strength. The US Navy and the Army will be grateful to you, and the mothers of those children will be even more grateful to you.
Nimitz placed the army behind the navy, and Song Yuhang just smiled slightly at this. It seems that the struggle between military branches exists within all national armies. Even if the United States has such strong manufacturing capabilities, military branches! After fighting with Song Yuhang, Nimitz finally understood the main reason why the British hated Song Yuhang, because this guy was bold and reckless, and it was his key skill to sit on the ground. The Chinese Expeditionary Force was directly dispatched by the president, and its status was equivalent to the strategic reserve team of the Allied forces. So even Song Yuhang beat the bamboo, he still beat Roosevelt. And Nimitz even had some expectations for Song Yuhang's bamboo shoulder, so he readily helped Song Yuhang convey his request to Roosevelt.
Song Yuhang's request was very simple, that is, to send Chinese naval personnel to Kolkata, India for training, hoping that the US government could allocate some transport ships for use by the Chinese Expeditionary Force. Song Yuhang's reason was that if the Chinese Expeditionary Force was fully responsible for landing combat missions, the size of the troops it invested may exceed 5 established troops. If such a scale does not even have a part of the support ship, it would be very inconvenient.
Nimitz's consideration was that the landing of Saipan Island was the loss of more than 2,800 sailors due to landing craft and armored transport troops. This loss was even greater than a Mariana naval battle. If the Chinese government could really launch a group of naval transport ships and landing crafts on its own, the casualties of the US Navy would be minimized.
Song Yuhang was a little nervous about whether Roosevelt could agree to his request. Zhuo Jing's so-called request was very threatening. He did not say hello to the country. It was just that the special combat brigade reconnaissance company that the Americans wanted to use, which made him feel very uncomfortable, so he also had to make the Americans not too comfortable.
When he was in China, Song Yuhang had a relationship with General Chen Shaokuan, the commander-in-chief of the National Navy. He vaguely remembered the middle-aged man who was not tall but extremely well-dressed, wearing a very old naval uniform at that time. He Yingqin refused to approve the torpedo because the navy had no torpedo boats. Chen Shaokuan excitedly waved his fists and said to He Yingqin: "What's wrong? Although my navy has become an 'air force', I will use people to operate the torpedo to hit the Japanese ship without a boat. I went up in person. As long as there is one person left in the Chinese Navy, we will not be defeated, even if we fight to death, it will be. The spirit of our Chinese Navy to rather die than surrender to the war to the end will remain forever! In the end, He Yingqin was very ashamed that the torpedo was approved. Although the number was insufficient, Chen Shaokuan seemed very happy.
Later, when Song Yuhang was in Kunming, he found out that the remaining troops of the Marine Corps were disbanded. The navy without warships really tied itself to a torpedo and drifted along the Yangtze River to attack the Japanese ship.
Song Yuhang felt sad about this helpless tragic tyranny. At the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the organization, number of ships, equipment quality, number of officers and soldiers of the National Navy could not be compared with the strength of the Japanese Navy. The two were far different. The total displacement of the National Navy's navy was Zhao 10,000 tons, while the medium-sized and above ships of the Japanese Navy at that time accounted for more than 10,000 tons. The total number of officers and soldiers of the National Navy was about 10,000 tons, which was only one-sixth of the 70,000 people in the Japanese Navy's port.
During the entire War of Resistance Against Japan, the Navy's battle against the Japanese invaders was brave and tragic. At that time, the Navy of the National Army was extremely weak and fought against the Japanese army, which claimed to have one of the most powerful navy in the world. The Navy of the National Army relied on its bravery and tenacity, and many heroic deeds emerged during this period. In the eight years of the full-scale war of resistance, the Navy of the National Army made outstanding contributions to the victory of the War of Resistance. However, this navy with extremely weak power bravely took on the important task of defending the Chinese nation and established immortal merits.
Now that there is a chance, Song Yuhang naturally wants to help them. He hopes that one day there will be warships belonging to the Chinese Navy in the fire formation cluster that shells Tokyo in Tokyo Bay, and it is impolite to come and not go. Since the Japanese bombarded the Chinese capital Nanjing along the Yangtze River, the Chinese Navy should also shell his Tokyo.
Moreover, this time the landing was a loss due to the arrangement of the US landing craft and the armored personnel carrier. So Song Yuhang took advantage of the opportunity of the US asking him to send someone to rescue the captured 27th Infantry Division officers and soldiers. He made a pretty kind and reasonable request to Roosevelt.
When Nimitz conveyed Song Yuhang's request to Roosevelt, he found that Roosevelt was not surprised at all? Roosevelt said with a sensation: "On the contrary, if he does not make any request, it will be truly surprising."
Between the Pacific Fleet, the Mariana Marine War, and the production of several major shipyards on the east and west coasts, Roosevelt believed that it could even give China several newly established large multi-functional destroyers of 4,000 tons. Of course, this was when China had its own personnel who could independently drive and operate to form combat effectiveness.
Chapter completed!